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Head Start program offers special opportunities to poor SECTION 2 - PAGE 11 - PLAINDE ALER - FRIDAY, JUNE 22.1M4 Historical society slates annual meeting By Deborah Collar* Plaindealer news service Some children who come from families who can't quite ends meet don't always have the same chance in life as those children who come from middle- or upper income families. For those poverty-stricken children, there is a program to give them a fair start in life-Head Start. Each year, nearly 1 million children from low-income families enter school for the first time. Many of those low-income children begin school with problems, including lack of self- confidence, no preschool education and health problems. Some move slowly academically, according to a Head Start report. According to Lyle Johnson, McHenry County Head Start director, research has proven it is possible to strengthen the abilities of children who are at a disadvantage compared with other children, especially on the educational level, through programs such as Head Start. "Reports and research have shown that there is a greater high school drop-out percentage with poorer children. Also, some of them don't have the academics as high as middle- income children, and there aren't as many that are college- bound graduates when not enrolled in a Head Start program," Johnson explained. Head Start is holding strong going into its 19th year nationally as well as in McHenry County. The project's goal is to help underprivileged the ages of Sand 5 by providing them with a comprehensive program to meet their emotional, social, health, nutritional and psychological needs. According to Johnson, the program tries to meet the needs of underprivileged children who may not be getting education in the home because of money for books, not enough food and possibly no medical check-ups. The program provides preschool children with free services including a hot break­ fast, hot lunch and an educational program. Head Start programs for children are based on family income guidelines. To be eligible for the program, a one-member family unit gross income of Veteran Acres prairie walk is scheduled ' On Sunday, June 24, the Friends of Veteran Acres Prairie, a committee of McHenry County Chapter of Illinois Audubon Society, will sponsor the second of its prairie walks at Veteran Acres Park, Crystal Lake. The walks are held at 2 p.m. on the last Sunday of each month, May through September. The walks are designed to remind participants of the glories of the prairie which must have niet the eye of the early settlers in the county. High on the list of flowers which may be in bloom this time will be the Indigos. There are cream (which blooms first) blue, and white indigos - (me or more of which will surely be in full bloom. The small skullcap, the pasture rose, the foxglove beard tongue, and the thimble anemone reach their peak during June. A cousin of the common milkweed, known as the short green milkweed, should also be in flower. The prairie grasses, while not yet in bloom for the most part, will be visible in their typical clump formations. I Hie walks are led by William Wingate, naturalist, and usually last one and one-half to two hours. Tliey start at 2 p.m. at the Crystal Lake Nature Center, 230 N. Main St. and are held regardless of the weather. Participants are urged to dress accordingly • a sun hat, an umbrella or a raincoat, as the weather dictates, J $4,980 would qualify a parent with a preschooler for the program. An eight-member family taking in a gross income of $17,160 would also qualify. Head Start has three centers in McHenry County in Wood­ stock, Crystal Lake and Har­ vard. Each center is funded for 42 children, and Johnson said the centers are licensed to enroll 45 children. It is mandated that 10 percent of the children enrolled in Head Start must be handicapped. The program is made up of four major components: -Education. Four days a week (hiring the school year, Head Start teachers and staff members work with children on social skills, intellectual skills, and the development of emotional growth. Teachers work, with the children 4 hours per day. -Health. Children receive complete examinations, in­ cluding vision and hearing tests. identification of handicapping conditions, immunizations and dental exams. Follow-up treatments are provided for individual health problems. A psychiatrist also visits the facilities once a week. Nutrition also falls under health care. Children are served one hot breakfast and lunch each day in order to meet at least one-third of their nutritional needs. -Parent Involvement. Because parents are still the primary educator of a child, Head Start holds monthly parent meetings and other programs to help parents learn about the needs of their children and how educational activities can be performed in the household. -Social Services. Some parents have a hard time because of lack of money, especially when children need things. Head Start works as s social service coordinator to refer families to local agencies to help them obtain the things they need. The McHenry County Historical Society will hold its 20th annual meeting at the county museum in Union. Yearly reports will be presented by Society President Nancy Petselt of Algonquin; Treasurer Audrey Walgenbach of Woodstock; Membership Chairperson Betty Anthony of Marengo; and Museum Curator Nancy Fike of McHenry. Other committee reports will also be called for. It will be during this meeting that new members to the society's board of directors will be nominated and elected. The board is made up of represen­ tatives from all over the county who serve for a three-year term. In the past few years, mem­ bership to the society has risen steadily to top the 1,000 mark. The society was chartered in 1963 to bring together people interested in history, especially local history. It is not tax- supported and must depend on volunteers, memberships and donations for operating. Among other things, it operates an historical museum and local history research library in Union, plaques historic sites and structures, provides public programs, trains volunteers to do spinning and weaving and works with local schools. A 0 r/t Call: (312) 694-6193 Or FIH Out Coupon and Mall Today! 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